Reasons for Optimism - A collection of positive articles.Nietzsche Family Circus - Randomized pairings of Family Circus cartoons and Friedrich Nietzsche quotations.The Size of Our World - Images of relative sizes of objects in the universe.Women in Film - Set to Bach's Prelude from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, this video morphs through the faces of women in film from Mary Pickford to Halle Berry.Girls Who Read - A poem, written and performed by Mark Grist.

Dialect Map - North American English dialects based on pronunciation patterns, by linguist Rick Aschmann.

Mapping America - Browse data from Census Bureau's American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009. Interactive Map of Native Names - Translations of Native American words used in place names across the United States.